Modified efficiency comparisons, which take into consideration the fact that the expected number of distinct units in a with-replacement sample need not be an integer, are made for the same expected ...

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(1) Simple random sampling is usually done without replacement (so there is no chance of the same individual appearing twice in the sample). In this case, there is a ...

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